“The Rip” ends with the corrupt cops exposed, the cartel money turned over, and the surviving characters left with moral scars rather than a clean “win.” The final note is more about survival and uneasy conscience than heroic closure.

How the plot wraps up

  • The internal conspiracy is revealed, with Matty and Ro exposed as the truly dirty officers manipulating the operation for their own “rip” of the cash. Their scheme collapses when the rest of the team realizes they have been set up.
  • A violent showdown follows in which JD ends up killing Matty during their confrontation, underscoring how messy and morally gray the supposed “cleanup” really is.
  • The money that everyone has been tempted by is ultimately recovered and handed over to authorities, undercutting the fantasy of getting away with the perfect rip.

What happens to the main characters

  • Desi, the reluctant informant caught between cops and criminals, survives and receives a significant monetary reward or cut for her cooperation, giving her a cautious “happy ending.”
  • Other surviving team members get to physically walk away, but their careers and relationships are left strained by the betrayal and violence surrounding the operation.
  • JD and Dane end up together on a beach, watching the sunrise as Dane removes his badge, signaling his break with the institution and his refusal to keep living inside that corruption.

The moral of the ending

  • The film’s final beat stresses that doing the right thing often means breaking something else—loyalties, rules, and even one’s own sense of identity.
  • The “rip” ends not with triumph but with exposure, loss, and a lingering question about what being a “good cop” even means after everything that happened.
  • Instead of neat justice, the story closes on survival, compromise, and the quiet burden of knowing how close everyone came to becoming what they were supposed to be fighting.

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